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Lord Blunkett urges Starmer to back away from ECHR • Mar. 29, 2025, 6:41 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Putin will weaponise the ECHR against British troops in Ukraine, Starmer warned • Mar. 22, 2025, 4:18 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Jack Straw urges Starmer to back away from ECHR • Mar. 16, 2025, 8:01 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Migrants face curbs on using ECHR to avoid deportation • Mar. 15, 2025, 6:43 AM ET (The Telegraph)

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Also Known As ECHR • Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms • European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Date November 4, 1950

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Cherie Booth
British attorney